Michael Friedel shaped post-war German photography as a stern photographer. His works range from striking portraits, such as those of Elvis Presley, Romy Schneider, or The Rolling Stones, to atmospheric reportages from around the world.
The exhibition Between Moment and Eternity presents a selection of his most renowned works: photographs that capture fleeting moments while serving as timeless witnesses of an era. His oeuvre combines journalistic precision with an artistic eye, making him one of the defining visual chroniclers of his time. Through his photographs, he succeeded in making history visible and emotions tangible.

Michael Friedel (*1935 in Berlin) is a German photographer who gained international recognition through his reportages, portraits, and nature photography. Raised in Upper Bavaria, he decided early on against a traditional educational path and learned photography in practice, first as a laboratory assistant and later through a commercial apprenticeship at AGFA. As a teenager, he was already drawn abroad: in 1953 he traveled to Italy, where he created his first series of photographs, which earned him the Photokina Prize in 1954. At a young age, he began working for major magazines. An early portrait of Sophia Loren earned him a cover story in Stern, and a picture of Elvis Presley appeared on the cover of Der Spiegel. Over the course of his career, Friedel traveled to more than 100 countries and published his work in renowned magazines such as Stern and GEO.